Re: compiling 3'd party php modules

* Thus wrote Zilvinas Saltys: > Hello, > > I need to compile sqlanywhere module. > http://www.sybase.com/detail/1,6904,1019698,00.html heh.. thats funny a zip that contains a tar.gz file... > Theyr documentation says that i need to compile the whole php source tree. That is not an easy > task on gentoo with ebuilds. Well i managed to do that. > > But maybe there is an easier way? To compile seperate modules and just load them with dl() > function.. > If they have things set up properly, you can simply extract that into a directory, run phpize (you'll need some development tools like automake and autconf) then ./configure; make install You can use dl() but it's deprecated in php5. Loading it via your extension_dir would be prefered. Curt -- First, let me assure you that this is not one of those shady pyramid schemes you've been hearing about. No, sir. Our model is the trapezoid!